thx Memphis I'll check that out.
I like the way they give you two places to get to the same thing , one is called 'Apps & features' the other is called 'Programs and features'....and they both show different lists of what you've got installed !! It's a real illustration if you need one that when people started calling programs by the snappier name 'apps' we were heading for a massive dumbing down. The right hand (orig) one is useful, the other is shambolic and lacking any useful info.
Notice too how you get access to certain 'Video playback' options on the new style 'Apps and features' form.....so much better to have them there rather than with the rest of the video/display settings eh
Is there a pro version of windows 10 ? Because it looks like I've downloaded the Junior 'My first computer' version by mistake.
Win 7 on a 300 Series motherboard
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Thanks for this info, Memphis. I'm 'lucky', in that I'm still using Widows 7, but with support being stopped in January of 2020, I ain't got too long to enjoy it!MemphisFlash wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:19 pmthis is the "God" mode hidden menus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNvmq5qDHFY
I use Windows 10 on a laptop, but until you posted this link, I was more than a little annoyed with the way it operates. Hopefully, when the time comes, I can set up my new trading PC (running Windows 10) in such a way that the change won't make me TOO angry! Once again, thanks for the info.
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I haven't had Win7 update switched on for years and never had any issues...have you ever known an update to do anything other than make things worse? I just use a range of good 3rd party security tools, and don't install crap I don't trust 100%.bennyboy351 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:49 pmI'm still using Widows 7, but with support being stopped in January of 2020,
The only downside with 7 is that it's not aware of how hardware is progressing, but it's going to be a lot of years before people stop using 7.
I'm just about to install it again now actually, as a dual boot option. If I can just stay on 7 until a decent new version comes out (presumably with a dreaded 365 payment plan) then I will. 8 was dreadful, 9 didn't even make it out of the door, 10 looks like a bodged version of 8....maybe Win11 will be better. But I guess it will be called something like Windows Dogbiscuit or some other wanky name.
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My laptop is dual bootable with Windows 10 and good old Windows XP
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I somehow picture you with a laptop built into the case of an old Dansette Memphis, and buying windows updates on vinyl.MemphisFlash wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:11 pmMy laptop is dual bootable with Windows 10 and good old Windows XP
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.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:48 pm
I somehow picture you with a laptop built into the case of an old Dansette Memphis, and buying windows updates on vinyl.
Your not that far from the truth. I own a Dansette and purchased some vinyl only last week.
I purchased reproduction copies of Roy Orbison's first LP on Monument records and Elvis first LP on RCA Victor.
Did a bit of bopping round the room as well. Happy days.
WHO BUYS WINDOWS UPDATES!!!!! not that i condown that sort of thing.
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Not a bad screen layout for a Dansette!!!!, lol
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Just a quick update on this one. There are utilities out there to patch your Win7 install disk image to include the USB3.0 drivers you need to prevent the Win7 install from being unusable. BUT they only work if your board has a Z series chipset (Z360 & Z370). If your board uses any other chipset then I'm afraid it's "computer says no". I can testify to that as mine is a B360.
So I've had no choice but to press on with Win10 and I have to say there's some things I really like (as well as some really clumsy stuff they've done). How come I never used Virtual Desktops in Win7 !? (available as an MS PowerTool I think), they're great. Probably a godsend for people runnging multiple BAs.
One strange issue was how slow Excel 2016 ran on it, the number of Google hits on the subject shows I wasn't alone and for me anyway, none of the suggested fixes worked. In desperation I got myself Office 2019 Pro Plus as it promised a raft of improvements to Excel (therefore it had been tweaked so hopefully might be different) and it's improved things a LOT. Some features are a bit sluggish the first time you use them which gives you a bit of concern but they seem to fly on subsequent uses. If this 2019 perp licence lasts me as long as my other Office licenses did then it'll be money well spent. (£64 for Office 2019 and Win10 was £20). The only chore now is moving all my other software licenses over via pleading emails as they're still active on my now deceased Win7.
So after nearly two weeks of hardware and then software issues, it looks like I'm back in business (although the vps has been doing it's stuff so I wasn't entirly shafted)
So I've had no choice but to press on with Win10 and I have to say there's some things I really like (as well as some really clumsy stuff they've done). How come I never used Virtual Desktops in Win7 !? (available as an MS PowerTool I think), they're great. Probably a godsend for people runnging multiple BAs.
One strange issue was how slow Excel 2016 ran on it, the number of Google hits on the subject shows I wasn't alone and for me anyway, none of the suggested fixes worked. In desperation I got myself Office 2019 Pro Plus as it promised a raft of improvements to Excel (therefore it had been tweaked so hopefully might be different) and it's improved things a LOT. Some features are a bit sluggish the first time you use them which gives you a bit of concern but they seem to fly on subsequent uses. If this 2019 perp licence lasts me as long as my other Office licenses did then it'll be money well spent. (£64 for Office 2019 and Win10 was £20). The only chore now is moving all my other software licenses over via pleading emails as they're still active on my now deceased Win7.
So after nearly two weeks of hardware and then software issues, it looks like I'm back in business (although the vps has been doing it's stuff so I wasn't entirly shafted)
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You ol' traditionalist you! LOL I reckon XP was one of the best......MemphisFlash wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:11 pmMy laptop is dual bootable with Windows 10 and good old Windows XP